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Saturday, July 15, 2006

Old Head and Kinsale

There's a new 'He Said, She Said' in the margin. This time it's onRembrandt; His 400th birthday was Saturday. I've been thinkingabout some things lately...The way he painted fits in line with someof those thoughts. He worked canvas so honestly, so genuinely. Hecaptured things, with the rough spots clearly portrayed, even withall 100 and some self portraits. Interestingly enough, he was themost famous portraiture of his time. That quality in his work isapparently something people were attracted to. Lately, I've cometo really be aware that it's a quality I look for in the people Ichoose to surround myself with. My very favorite people are thatway -- candid, genuine, open, grounded, real, and unpretentious.

The quote I chose of his has to do with the way he worked, but italso resonated with another topic that's been on my mind for thepast couple of weeks. I'll get into that later...Five posts from nowto be exact. This probably doesn't make much sense out of context.So, let me just move on! There's a new 'From the Week'. Enjoy!

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Back to our travels in Ireland. The first weekend Art and Mary werehere, we had planned to go South to Kinsale and then to Kilkenny forthe Andrea Bocelli concert. I was so excited to see him perform, butunfortunately, the show was cancelled. So, we shifted our plans.

We still went to Kinsale, but then we headed to Waterford insteadof Kilkenny. I brought my camera along so you could travel vicariously

through my blog, but I was so busy enjoying Kinsale I didn't take that

many photos! I could have easily stayed there longer...Done two days

in Kinsale and one in Waterford, instead of the other way around. I'd

definitely go back there. Such a cute town. It's on the ocean, good

shopping, great food, and the nicest people. Plus, it's just loaded with

beauty.

This sign says a hundred thousand welcomes in Irish. It washanging behind the bar of a pub in Kinsale. We stopped in fora pint and a snack while catching a little of the match.

Quick story about that...England was playing that day; I can'tremember who they were playing against. Anyway, we walkedin and got settled just as it was starting. When England'sNational Anthem played, this guy in the pub near thetelevision walked up and turned the volume down. Someoneasked him what he was doing, and he replied with, "I don'twant to listen to this shite." The English aren't on the the topof the list of some people here. (Long history of repression, violenceand domination.) But that's not across the board, of course.There are pockets of animosity and pockets of tolerance andacceptance. We just witnessed an interesting pocket of animosity.

When there, we stayed in this adorable B&B called TheOlde Bakery. Tom and Chris have been there for 11 years.We had a really nice time with them. They were so sweet.And her breakfast was amazing.

Like father...

Like son.

Our time there flew by! Before I knew it, wewere packing up the car and heading out.From there, we went to Old Head Golf Course...

Old Head is a beautiful golf course justoutside of town in Kinsale. The guys didn'tgolf until later that day when we got toWaterford, but Old Head is supposed tobe one of the best courses. It has the mostspectacular view!! We stopped there for themto get some shirts as souvenirs and to drink in theview of the beautiful coast line. Hopefully we get backthere so David can play that course...It's ridiculouslyexpensive, but after seeing a little bit of the area,I would say it's worth it. A once in a lifetime kindof experience.

The water you're seeing here is the Atlantic Ocean.

I think this is a lovely picture of Mary. Sheeven matches the scenery.

Art and Mary took this picture with their camera.They caught David peaking over the edge. It'sintimidating to do that when you're standing,especially when it's windy!

What an awesome way to spend a Saturday. This guy hasan amazing spot for fishing -- the sun was shining, the windwas blowing, and he had front row seats to the ocean.

Do you see what I see in this picture?! The ocean foamand bubbles formed into the shape of a big fish! I wonderif that fisherman tried to catch it. Or maybe he hadn'tcaught anything that day and he thought the ocean wasmocking him.

It was nice to do some light hiking there. It was just so beautiful.The grassy parts of this hill were really spongy - Strange sensationto walk on.

After dropping a few bucks at the proshopand taking the time to appreciate the view,we took off for Waterford. That'll be our nextstop -- I'll see you there!

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